BRIC economy to surpass US by 2015: Study

K J M Varma
Beijing, Apr 8 (PTI) BRIC countries are expected to
contribute one-third of the world's GDP increment in 2015, by
which time their total economy will surpass America, according
to a leading Chinese think tank.
Estimated on the basis of current market exchange rates,
the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, Indian, China) grouping would make
up about 22 per cent of the world economy by then, said the
Annual Report on BRICS' Social-Economic Development (2011), a
blue book released Thursday by the Social Sciences Academic
Press of China.
BRIC formally became BRICS this year with the admission
of South Africa into its fold.
This year's BRICS summit is scheduled to be held in
China's Sanya resort on April 13-14.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with the heads of
other BRICS countries, is scheduled to attend it.
The report predicted that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
Indian, China, South Africa) countries would have a stable and
fairly rapid growth momentum in the next 15 years due to a
favorable external environment brought on by the steady growth
in major developed economies.
Lin Yueqin, the book's executive editor, noted in the
abstract that the purpose of the study was to reveal the
underlying rules of development in emerging economies and the
tendencies of global development and governance, Xinhua news
agency reported on Friday.